Cheapest Standalone Broadband

guitarman19780

My exchange is Scampton post cost LN112YD, what is the cheapest standalone broadband that I can get ? It appears the exchange does not have any LLU ? Please help I want to try to avoid BT is possible but dont know if I can with this particular exchange been my local one.

kwikbreaks

For ADSL you can't avoid BT being in there somewhere even if you never pay them. The lines are BTOpenReach and non-LLU ADSL is BTWholesale. Whoever you get the service from is going to be re-selling those two products.

The BB options which don't need phone lines are..

Cable (limited availabilty)
3G (very location dependent and pricing forces fairly low usage)
Satellite (terrible latency and costs an arm and a leg. Plus some types need a phone line anyway for the upstream).

That said avoiding using BT as your ISP is a good move.

penrhyn

You are on a Market 1 exchange, BT Wholesale is the sole provider of broadband services.

You can use any ISP you fancy, however the service will be delivered by BT over the BT network.

Gordon_Hose

As has been stated above, without any LLU operators on your exchange you're basically stuck.

kwikbreaks

I'm no fan of BT but there is one thing that this thread highlights - if it wasn't for BT half the country would still be on dial up and even that would be over BT lines.

diamonds

Erm BT were enforced not voluntary to provide such, BT were quite happy to resell and make BT Openreach another BT profit making venture

kwikbreaks

No they weren't and still aren't.

There is no universal provision requirement for internet only for phone lines.

Sooler

Demon - but not cheap

diamonds

kwikbreaks wrote: »

No they weren't and still aren't.

There is no universal provision requirement for internet only for phone lines.

BT were forced to open it up where they installed broadband, obviously BT choose the most profitable exchanges and were forced and still are where LLU does not exist - where BT make money on other resold BT broadband for a nother BT division

Wholesale, Retail & Openreach divisions ALL make BT money

kwikbreaks

Yes they were forced to offer the services wholesale but they were not forced to install them in the first place so my original comment is correct and you are just picking an argument for no apparent reason.

Doc_N

Sooler wrote: »

Demon - but not cheap

Not only not cheap, but absolutely dire customer service, too. Not even available 24/7 now, so if you lose your Broadband after 8 in the evening you have to wait until 8 the following morning to talk to someone!